Vocabulary | SUBTLE

What is the meaning of the English word

SUBTLE?

Pronunciation Audio:

Definition:

(adjective)

not obvious; hard to see or notice

so delicate or precise that it is difficult to analyze or describe

not showing your real purpose

Examples:

When he told her he wanted to work in another country, she immediately said, “No; I won’t leave my family.” So the following day he tried again, using a more subtle approach. He said, “Did you know that engineers overseas earn three times as much as I am earning here?”

Although my grandmother prepared local dishes, all her cooking had a subtle taste of the food from her home country.

(used as a noun) When you move toward fluency, you begin to understand some of the subtle meanings in the language you are learning.